She could hear people’s screams and cries for help and Sebastian’s heavy breathing.

“Sebastian, are you hurt?” she asked urgently.

A faint smell of blood wafted in the air. Natalie had no idea if it was Sebastian’s or someone else’s. Having been hit just now, Et han had rolled down the stairs. Natalie’s voice trembled as she fumbled for Sebastian in the darkness.

“Sebastian?” She knew that he must’ve gotten hurt. She could hear his low, pained moans in the darkness.

However, after a few deep breaths, it became deathly silent. Natalie couldn’t hear anything from the direction where Sebastian was.

Natalie wanted to rush to his side, but a ceiling frame had inadvertently caged her. When she tried to stand up, her head hit the slate, causing a flurry of concrete powder to fall all over Natalie’s face.

“Ahem!” She inhaled the powder and couldn’t stop coughing.

It was pitch black and she could barely see her hand in front of her. As she tried to get a feel for her surroundings, Natalie concluded that the collapsed ceiling had fallen on top of the rows of seats, trapping them inside the aisle.

“Hello? Is anyone else there?” She shouted at the top of her lungs. Although there weren’t many other people watching this movie, she recalled at least a dozen other movie-goers in the cinema. But now, it was eerily quiet.

The cries for help just now had stopped. Perhaps the fallen ceiling had knocked them out. Without thinking too much, Natalie continued to crawl ahead.

“Ouch!” Pain shot up from her knees. Natalie winced and fumbled forward, trying to navigate with her palms. Finally, she touched something that felt like knitted fabric. It had to be the dark blue sweater that Sebastian wore today.

“Sebastian! Sebastian, can you hear me?” Natalie tapped him, but she received no response. He must have passed out.

of blood in the air was more intense now that she was near Sebastian. When she reached out to touch his arm, her fingers sank into something sticky and warm. Her mind went blank. Suddenly, panic seized her. She took a few deep breaths, trying

still feel a faint breath coming from his nose. Next,

blood on her knees with her hands. Then she

chandelier had fallen along with

tried her best

smashed to bits. She had been texting Johanna throughout the movie,

searching for her phone. Finally, she found it under a pile of dust. The screen had

has just collapsed.

all she could do was wait. Seconds felt like minutes, and minutes felt like hours. Suddenly, she

heard noises from outside. It sounded like somebody

was optimistic. She never even considered that digging through the rubble would take a lot of time. Moreover, this was the

hours passed. The sound of digging outside continued, but she could tell that it was still far away from where she

was thick

been several hours since the ceiling collapsed. She had turned off her cellphone to

it was already eight o’clock in the evening. She and Sebastian had arrived at the cinema

Six hours had passed.

popcorn Sebastian had bought was now mixed with dust

left!”. Natalie’s eyes

a bit of coke left in

from her phone, she crawled back to

on Sebastian’s body. One side of the slab had pierced into his body. Blood trickled down along his body, forming a pool of blood on the ground. His wound was covered with dust and rubble. The space under the seat

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